We made it work (with a lot of help)!

It took a lot of little moving pieces to make this graduation week work, but it really couldn't have gone better. 

Dave and I both flew out of Spokane on Wednesday, May 8th. 

We were on different flights and drove separately.  Dave flew out at 11 AM and I flew out at 2:30 PM (supposed to have).  We had 2 cars parked in Spokane. 

This was because we weren't sure if Harper and Ry were going to come with us.  I was going to fly with them on Friday while Dave would be helping Logan clean out his room and get to that test on Friday.  But then we got Ry's basketball schedule and he was going to miss two Fridays this spring for tournaments so we didn't want him to miss any more school.  And Logan's test was in Charleston, which meant I would have had to rent another car to drive from Pittsburgh to Buckhannon. 

Dave left Wenatchee at 7 AM and I left about 10:30.  I put roast and potatoes in the crock pot so dinner would be ready for everyone. 

Grandma and Papa Kreider drove with Archie and Tilly and got to Wenatchee about 2'ish. 

Harper hasn't rode the bus home once this year, but she did today and Thursday, 

Papa drove Harper to school on Thursday morning. 

Dad took all the dogs to the dog park on Thursday afternoon. 

He also fixed my front door with a new latch. 

(Harper modeling a correctly working door) 

Mom did my laundry and did the dishes. 

Presley had one final on Thursday to complete and then she loaded up her car with some items to bring home and drove to Wenatchee to stay the night. 

She was just driving up as Grandma and Papa were leaving. 

Presley stayed with them on Thursday night, made lunches, and breakfasts on Friday morning. 

Our regular dog resort was not opened this week-end (she was out of town visiting her own mom for Mother's Day) so Presley dropped off Chewy with Grandma and Papa Nelson. 

Ry and Harper got off school and home by 4 and all 3 of them left for Spokane. 

Presley had to be back in Spokane on Saturday because residents were leaving and she had to be part of the check out process. 

They stayed up late on Friday to try and see the Northern Lights. 

How cool is that????

I think this picture is one Grandma Kreider texted from her deck. 

The Northern Lights were not visible in West Viriginia :)

Presley was up early on Saturday for her work. 

Rylan and Harper slept in, walked to Starbucks, walked around the campus, and went shopping at the Zag Shop. 

Logan was graduated by the time they started their day. 

We made it back to Pittsburgh, returned our rental car, checked Logan's heavy trunk, and were at our gate in plenty of time for our 4:30 flight.  

Dave did upgrade us to first class because we had a tight connection in Denver, Colorado. 

We arrived in Spokane at 9:30. 

Presley met us at the hotel to drop off Harper and Ry.  They stayed with us and she went back to her apartment.  

We met her at her apartment at 8:15 Sunday morning. 

After Presley's graduation, we loaded up Logan's jeep (Dave had drove that to Spokane on Wednesday) with more of Presley's things, and Ry and Logan drove home together.   They unloaded Presley's things and went to pick up Chewy from Grandma and Papa Nelson. 

Dave, Harper and I drove home in my car and we got home about 8:00.

Between Grandma and Papa Kreider coming for a night, Grandma and Papa Nelson caring for Chewy for 2 nights, Presley driving home one day and back to Spokane with Ry and Harper the next day,  Natalia for helping Presley out on Friday and allowing Harper and Ry to stay in their apartment, to Delta, United and Alaska airlines running *almost* perfectly on time,  all your family who streamed a 7 AM Saturday graduation and a 9:30 AM Sunday morning graduation,  and numerous texts making sure it was going to all work out and if not, there would be people at Gonzaga's graduation, somehow, we made it work!

YOU ARE LOVED

And we were up and at 'em on Monday for work and school.